In the AutoSetup interface, the menu bar includes four menus illustrated in Figure 8.2.5. The functions provided in each menu are described in subsequent sections.
Figure 8.2.5 AutoSetup Menu Bar
The functions listed in Setup menu includes New, Save, Clear and Exit.
NEW - Create a new simulation setup. After this option is selected, a dialog box is displayed to allow the user to perform new simulation setup.
SAVE - Save current setup information in existing database.
CLEAR - Delete all the setup information in AUTOSETUP. Prior to performing Clear operation, the user must confirm the operation using the Confirmation dialog box.
EXIT - Exit AutoSetup dialog box and return to eta/DYNAFORM main interface.
The Tools menu provides functions such as Trimming, Display, Drawbead and POP Line.
TRIMMING - Trim the blank. Both blank and trim line must be defined prior to trimming operation. For detailed description of trimming operation, refer to Section 5.3.10.
DISPLAY - Control the display of tools via Tool On/Off dialog window illustrated in Figure 8.2.6. Click the check box for stage to quickly display or close the tools of this stage. The tools shared by other stages will also display or close accordingly. The user can also control the display of the tools defined by the current stage.
Figure 8.2.6 Tool On/Off
DRAWBEADS - This function allows the user to setup drawbeads. Detailed descriptions of drawbead are provided in Section 11.4.
POP LINES - This function allows the user to define the POP line of punch and print such information into the index file. Therefore, the user can read in the POP line information in Post-processor. For detailed description of POP line, refer to Section 15.1.6.
This function enables the user to validate the motion of tools and review setup information. The ANIMATION function allows the user to preview motion of each tool assigned with either velocity or displacement curve. The SUMMARY function allows the user to review the setup information.
ANIMATION - Animate the movement of tools. After selecting this function, the Animate dialog box as shown in Figure 8.2.7 is displayed. Detailed description of the animation control is provided in Section 11.11.
Figure 8.2.7 Animate dialog box
SUMMARY - This function lists information of the current setup, which includes sheet area and mass, stamping direction of each stage, tool definition , process definition, and contact control parameters, etc. These information, which is only used for browse, allow the user to copy the selected text by using Ctrol+C. A typical Summary output is illustrated in Figure 8.2.8.
Figure 8.2.8 Summary output
The functions provided in this menu include LS-DYNA INPUT DECK and JOB SUBMITTER.
LS-DYNA INPUT DECK - This function enables the user to output LS-DYNA input deck to the directory for the current database or other directory.
JOB SUBMITTER - This function allows the user to submit and run the stamping simulation model. Click this menu to display the Job options dialog box, in which the user can specify the output path for LS-DYNA deck, select solver, allocate memory and specify job ID. The Job options dialog box is illustrated in Figure 8.2.9.
Solver: specify solver for different stages. There are three kinds of solvers: ls-dyna single precision solver, ls-dyna double precision solver and ETA solver. ETA solver is only used for trimming stage.
Figure 8.2.9 Job options
Once the user finishes the setup of job options, the Jobs Submitter dialog box illustrated in Figure 8.2.10 appears. If there is no job in the job list, LS-DYNA will be run directly.
Figure 8.2.10 An illustration of Job Submitter GUI
For multiple stages, the user can double click the list in job submitter to open the setup options for multiple stages. For the jobs which are not submitted for calculation, the user can set the solver precision and memory size for each stage. The Multiple Stages dialog box is illustrated in Figure 8.2.11.
Figure 8.2.11 Multiple Stages dialog box